Daniel Farke’s Whites will begin their quest to bounce back from last season’s Premier League relegation with promotion in Sunday afternoon’s Elland Road curtain raiser against Cardiff City. But there is now only a matter of hours until the start of the new Championship season itself which starts on Friday night when two more second tier new boys in Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton lock horns at Hillsborough.
Various aspects of the betting for next season’s second tier have chopped and changed all summer but here are the final predicted finishing positions and where Leeds feature as of the very latest odds on Thursday night.
![Title odds: 16-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBjZmIwNzBjLWMwNWMtNGI3ZC1hNDg3LWI2ZTkyMmQ0NGFjNzo5ZDI5NWU5Ni05YjQ5LTQ0NmMtYWZmMy0xYzZiNjRkMGNlZWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Title odds: 16-1 (with five firms, as short as 11s).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI2NDY0ZTlmLTdlYjEtNDA2MS1iNTdlLTAxY2JjMGFiYTNkNzozZjA4MjcxNC01MDJjLTQ3YTEtOTUxOC1jMDRmOWI1OTc5M2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
20. 5th: Ipswich Town (play-offs)
Title odds: 16-1 (with five firms, as short as 11s). Photo: David Rogers
![Title odds: 10-1.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJhYjAwYjRjLTQ1YjYtNDc0Mi1iZjRmLTMxZDVjZDZiZWQ2YjpmZmFmMWJhMi1hZjRjLTRjNzQtOThhNC01NjQ4ZjJmOTg3Y2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Title odds: 15-2.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg5NTNkYmU2LWM0ZDItNDc2MS1hZDkwLWQ5MTAwMGU1N2E4YjphMzg2ZjlkNS1hMDIyLTQ5OTUtOWJmNS1lZDllM2EwMmZlMTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
![Title odds: 7-1 (but as short as 5s with some firms)](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjE0ZGZlYTM3LWEwNmUtNDZkYi1hZTBmLTdhM2RlOGU1OWQzNzpkN2U4ZmMwNi05YjFjLTQzMWYtYjBkYi05NWIyZDNiYjZkODE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
23. 2nd: Leeds United (automatic promotion as runners-up)
Title odds: 7-1 (but as short as 5s with some firms) Photo: Tim Goode
![Title odds: 4-1 (as short as 3s with some firms).](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjhjYWUzODEwLWQ1YWQtNDA3Yi04MTZhLWQ0MTU0OGQ2ZmI2MzowMTNiYTg4Ni01M2VlLTQyNTQtOTkzNi1hYWUwMmY0NGE2YTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
24. 1st: Leicester City (promoted as champions)
Title odds: 4-1 (as short as 3s with some firms). Photo: Yong Teck Lim